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Saturday | BroadwayWorld.com

Guest Artists Join North Carolina Symphony for Firebird 29-11

A pair of the musicians join the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird." Led by guest conductor Joana Carneiro and featuring soloist Johannes Moser on cello, the orchestra performs the 1945 version of Stravinsky's legendary Firebird Suite, alongside wartime music by English composers Benjamin Britten and ... (more)

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

Houston Press

Great Britten

After the storm and fury of Peter Grimes , whose sea-tossed music and psychologically truthful and damaged characters were heralded as a new era in English opera, composer Benjamin Britten , for his next stage work, went toward the simple but elegant.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

The Florida Times-Union

Jacksonville Symphony announces 2012-13 schedule

Although maestro Fabio Mechetti will remain with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra for part of the 2013-14 season, next season will be the last season for which he is fully engaged in planning and conducting.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

UThink Blogs

Welcome to the Britten Peace Project Blog

The School of Music is partnering with the Augustana College Choir, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Boy Choir , Gutersloh Boy Choir, and the Detmold Hochschule fur Musick in Germany to perform Benjamin Britten's stirring "War Requiem." Students are studying the work's historical and artistic relevance through their coursework, dialog, ... (more)

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

The Sampson Independent

Renowned guest artists join N.C. Symphony for 'Firebird,' Feb. 9-11

A pair of the music world's fastest rising stars joins the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird." Led by guest conductor Joana Carneiro and featuring soloist Johannes Moser on cello, the orchestra performs the 1945 version of Stravinsky's legendary Firebird Suite, alongside stirring wartime music by English ... (more)

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seattle Symphony unveils 2012-13 season

Just weeks before he took the helm as the Seattle Symphony's music director last September, conductor Ludovic Morlot already had a notion of what he'd be doing in his 2012-13 season.

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Fri Jan 20, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com

Guest Artists Join North Carolina Symphony for Firebird 29-11

A pair of the musicians join the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird." Led by guest conductor Joana Carneiro and featuring soloist Johannes Moser on cello, the orchestra performs the 1945 version of Stravinsky's legendary Firebird Suite, alongside wartime music by English composers Benjamin Britten and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, North Carolina, Classical, Edward Elgar, Progress Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas, Opera

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